# 会社法 / Companies Act — 第三百二十九条 (Article 329) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 会社法 (Companies Act), 平成十七年法律第八十六号 - English title "Companies Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三百二十九条 (Article 329)（選任） — address `art-329` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329 - e-Gov law ID: 417AC0000000086 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三百二十九条（選任） — (Election) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-329 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329 **第一項** 役員（取締役、会計参与及び監査役をいう。以下この節、第三百七十一条第四項及び第三百九十四条第三項において同じ。）及び会計監査人は、株主総会の決議によって選任する。 art-329/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-1 Officers (meaning directors, accounting advisors and company auditors; hereinafter the same applies in this Section, Article 371, paragraph (4) and Article 394, paragraph (3)) and financial auditors are elected by a resolution at a shareholders meeting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 監査等委員会設置会社においては、前項の規定による取締役の選任は、監査等委員である取締役とそれ以外の取締役とを区別してしなければならない。 art-329/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-2 In cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, the election of directors pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be implemented by distinguishing directors who are audit and supervisory committee members and other directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の決議をする場合には、法務省令で定めるところにより、役員（監査等委員会設置会社にあっては、監査等委員である取締役若しくはそれ以外の取締役又は会計参与。以下この項において同じ。）が欠けた場合又はこの法律若しくは定款で定めた役員の員数を欠くこととなるときに備えて補欠の役員を選任することができる。 art-329/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-3 In case of the resolution under paragraph (1), substitute officers may be elected as prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order by way of precaution against the cases where there are no officers (in cases of a company with audit and supervisory committee, directors who are audit and supervisory committee members or other directors, or accounting advisors; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) in office or the cases where there is a vacancy which results in a shortfall in the number of officers prescribed in this Act or articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-329/par-1: 第三百七十一条第四項 → 会社法 第三百七十一条第四項 (Article 371, paragraph (4)), art-371/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-371/par-4 - art-329/par-1: 第三百九十四条第三項 → 会社法 第三百九十四条第三項 (Article 394, paragraph (3)), art-394/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-394/par-3 - art-329/par-2: 前項 → 会社法 第三百二十九条第一項 (Article 329, paragraph (1)), art-329/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-1 - art-329/par-3: 第一項 → 会社法 第三百二十九条第一項 (Article 329, paragraph (1)), art-329/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-1 - art-329/par-3: この項 → 会社法 第三百二十九条第三項 (Article 329, paragraph (3)), art-329/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第三百二十九条第二項（選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-2 - 会社法 第三百二十九条第三項（選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-329/par-3 - 会社法 第三百四十七条第一項（種類株主総会における取締役又は監査役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-347/par-1 - 会社法 第三百四十七条第二項（種類株主総会における取締役又は監査役の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-347/par-2 - 会社法 第八百五十四条第一項（株式会社の役員の解任の訴え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-854/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC0000000086/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-09-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4481/tb), retrieved 2026-09-17 - This site's parser, version 229 — 会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-17